Skip to Main Content
New York State Library Logo

Civil War Illustrations

A Signal Station in the Rear of General McClellan's Quarters

men sitting around a tent with a tall ladder stretching up a tree with two more people releasing a kite and balloon

Caption: A signal station in the rear of General McClellan's quarters, near Yorktown, Va. Sketched by our special artist. (See page 26 [for related story].)

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, May 17, 1862, page 28.